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oliver77

Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Mid Wales
Posts: 398

Lumpy steering

When my D3 is cold and I'm driving to work in the morning my steering is lumpy until it gets warm. Does anyone else have this?

21st Aug 2006 11:57 am

10forcash

Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534

2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Manual Zermatt Silver

Errr.... no

is the PS fluid level OK?

21st Aug 2006 11:59 am

oliver77

Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Mid Wales
Posts: 398

10forcash wrote:
Errr.... no is the PS fluid level OK?

Yeah that was the first thing I checked. When I took delivery of the car the steering was out and felt awful so it had a four wheel alignment etc. but it just doesn't feel right when it's cold.

21st Aug 2006 12:00 pm

10forcash

Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534

could be contaminated PS fluid, does it look 'milky' ?

21st Aug 2006 12:02 pm

oliver77

Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Mid Wales
Posts: 398

nope - looks like new

21st Aug 2006 12:04 pm

10forcash

Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534

Has this only started recently? could be wear in a ball joint if so.
Could also be due to tyre wear

21st Aug 2006 12:08 pm

oliver77

Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Mid Wales
Posts: 398

10forcash wrote:
Has this only started recently? could be wear in a ball joint if so.
Could also be due to tyre wear

Don't think it would be but can't be sure, had the alignment done at 900 miles which improved things but noticed it after that. Not got any worse, car has done 2300 miles now.

21st Aug 2006 12:11 pm

10forcash

Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534

OK, let's go back a step...
By 'lumpy' I'm assuming that you mean that the steering becomes tighter, then looser as you turn the wheel? is this at all speeds or just low speed manovering?
if you run your hand round the inner edge of the tyre surface (not the sidewall) does it feel castellated?

21st Aug 2006 12:15 pm

oliver77

Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Mid Wales
Posts: 398

Been out and checked the tyres, they all seem fine.
By lumpy I mean sort of hard then soft. And the car seems to pull to the left and feel easier to turn in one direction than the other. After about 10 miles it seems fine.
I'm taking the car to the dealers on Thursday to have another problem fixed but i didn't want to mention it if they're all like it

21st Aug 2006 12:43 pm

simon

Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296

2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Fuji White

This happens to mine too. But not all the time. Often when I've gone from off road height to road height.

-s

21st Aug 2006 2:40 pm

aitchy

Member Since: 27 Sep 2005
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 130

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Buckingham Blue

had this on a car years ago turned out to be a bowed steering rack where the interaction of rack and sprocket goit tight at a certain point due to the arc in the rack..... TDV6 HSE Buckingham Blue and still smiling

21st Aug 2006 3:38 pm

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